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...Acura model line is one of Honda's boldest gambits. Honda has tried to give the car an upscale image by insisting that dealers for the new model keep their showrooms several miles away from regular Honda outlets. The Acura Legend, a sedan slightly bigger and more powerful than the Mercedes-Benz 190, sells in the U.S. for $19,000, around $10,000 less than the Mercedes, and has % been greeted with rave notices by U.S. auto reviewers. The Legend's smaller, sportier cousin, the Integra, is priced...
...hands tremble slightly now, and the flesh around his eyes makes them seem smaller than they really are, heightening an occasional glare, muffling his frequent shy smiles. Yet Janos Kadar still displays the same unexpected charm and cool canniness that have helped make the onetime typewriter mechanic the boldest and most beloved leader in Eastern Europe. Wearing a tailored gray suit and a wine-red silk tie, Kadar chain-smoked Symphonia cigarettes while talking for two hours with a group of TIME visitors in his office in Budapest's Central Committee headquarters. Any initial reserve that the General Secretary displayed...
...Pretoria has seemed reluctant to move against her. But last week's speech represented perhaps her boldest act, and could prompt the government to retaliate. Two days after her speech, Mandela, reportedly suffering from exhaustion and the recurrence of a minor heart problem, was admitted to a private nursing home. It seemed unlikely that the government would act before she was released...
...fresher and far angrier voice to this chorus of conscience. Its heat, its rhythm and its political passion, in fact, set it apart from the congenial charity of other all-star predecessors. Sun City may be one of the year's best singles. Certainly it is the boldest...
Gorbachev's interview with TIME is the boldest thrust to date in the oneupmanship that has been going on between Washington and Moscow. Each side has been trying to outdo the other in poor-mouthing the prospects for the summit while reiterating its own determination to keep plugging away. In a major escalation of this serious game, Gorbachev has now essentially accused the U.S. of seeking to sabotage the meeting in advance...